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Computer Engineers Look at Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Computer Engineers Look at Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Ali Muhammad Ali Rushdi
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P. O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.

Raid Mohammad Salih Badawi
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P. O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.

DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.33889/IJMEMS.2019.4.4-067

Received on February 11, 2019
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Accepted on April 22, 2019

Abstract

Qualitative Comparative Analysis is a variant of Boolean Analysis that complements quantitative or statistical methods in many scientific disciplines. Therefore, its technicalities resemble those of other variants of Boolean Analysis, such as the one employed by computer engineers for digital design. This paper offers a brief look at Qualitative Comparative Analysis from a Computer-Engineering perspective. Critical observations on some technicalities of Qualitative Comparative Analysis are presented, with an aim to initiate constructive and fruitful intellectual debate that might subsequently lead to desirable enhancements and improvements.

Keywords- Qualitative comparative analysis, Boolean analysis, Karnaugh map, Contradictions, Logical remainders, Prime implicants, Minimal sum, Complete sum.

Citation

Rushdi, A. M. A., & Badawi, R. M. S. (2019). Computer Engineers Look at Qualitative Comparative Analysis. International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences, 4(4), 851-860. https://dx.doi.org/10.33889/IJMEMS.2019.4.4-067.